UNSPSC 50346400: Frozen rose hips

The type of fruit known as rose hips that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50346400 Frozen rose hips, a Class code, does not match the scope of recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for frozen rose hips; instead, the tagged records span broad food-service procurement—groceries, produce, frozen vegetables, and prepared foods for state hospitals, school districts, county parks, and social-service agencies. The code's nominal commodity appears to see little or no recent state and local demand.

State and local buyers are acquiring frozen produce, vegetables, and prepared foods through this classification across Texas Health and Human Services Commission facilities (Big Spring State Hospital, Mexia State Supported Living Center, El Paso State Supported Living Center), school nutrition programs (Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Bridgeport Board of Education), county social services (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), parks and recreation (Collier County North Collier Regional Park), and corrections (Oregon Department of Corrections). Recent solicitations name frozen mixed vegetables, frozen sliced and diced apples, frozen baked goods and specialty items, and frozen proteins as representative commodities. Texas HHSC has posted multiple IFBs for frozen food products with estimated annual volumes of $9 million and maximum contract values exceeding $19 million across state institutions. School districts and Head Start programs are issuing IFBs and ITNs for grocery and fresh-produce supply contracts with one-year terms and optional renewals. Geographic activity centers on Texas (six of thirteen recent opportunities), Georgia (three), Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, and Florida. Collier County's March 6, 2025 ITN response date (posted October 8, 2026) appears to be a data error; all other response dates cluster in June through August 2026. The code shows active state and local procurement volume but under commodity categories broader than the frozen-rose-hip specification, suggesting either misclassification in the tagging system or minimal real-world demand for the specific commodity.